Life and career

Bobbi Starr was born in Santa Clara

Santa Clara, California

Santa Clara , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. The city is the site of the eighth of 21 California missions, Mission Santa Clara de Asís, and was named after the mission. The Mission and Mission Gardens are located on the...

, California

California

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, United States

United States

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. She comes from an Italian

Italian American

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/Hungarian

Hungarian American

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 family. She graduated from San Jose State University

San José State University

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 with a music degree and plays the piano

Piano

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 and oboe

Oboe

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.

She started her pornography career at the age of 23. She met someone who introduced her to the adult industry in San Francisco, California, but it took a year before she decided to enter the industry. Her initial works were bondage and submission scenes for internet based companies. She then transitioned to shooting various types of scenes for production companies in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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. She has appeared as the box-cover model for many movies by companies such as Red Light District Video

Red Light District Video

Red Light District Video is an American pornographic film studio headquartered in Chatsworth, California.-History:The company was founded in 2001 by industry veteran Dion Giarrusso and his half-brother David Joseph, who co-owned the company. Giarrusso had previously worked as general manager of...

 and Combat Zone

Combat Zone (Studio)

Combat Zone is a pornographic film production company headquartered in Chatsworth, California.-Company history:Combat Zone was founded in January 2006 by the industry veteran director and producer Dion Giarrusso. The company specializes in gonzo pornography featuring actresses that are new to the...

.

Starr considers herself a pro-sex feminist. Even though she acknowledges that some feminists consider pornography to be degrading to women, Starr asserts, "I don't feel degraded because it is my decision. I know that if I did ever feel degraded or feel uncomfortable, all I need to do is say no and it would stop. I don't think something where women have so much control in the situation can be considered degrading towards women."

Starr was a finalist for the reality show, America's Next Hot Porn Star, a series set up similarly to America's Next Top Model

America's Next Top Model

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. She blogs for Popporn.com and writes a column for Fox Magazine called "Adventures in Porny Land".

Starr wants to study pre-med, with the aim of becoming a gynecologist. Her intent is to work within the adult entertainment industry, where she has identified a lack of female gynecologists. Starr was cast for the movie adaptation of James Sallis

James Sallis

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's novel, Drive, which was released in 2011.

In 2011, she was named by CNBC

CNBC

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 as one of the 12 most popular stars in porn. CNBC noted her multiple awards, and opined that her upcoming role in the mainstream film Drive could make her the porn industry's next crossover star.

Starr also became a director for Evil Angel

Evil Angel (studio)

Evil Angel is a production company and distributor of pornographic films, founded and owned by John Stagliano.Stagliano and Evil Angel pioneered the Gonzo pornography genre in the late 1980s....

. Her first title, Bobbi's World, is a female point-of-view movie.

Awards

• 2008 CAVR Starlet of Year
• 2009 CAVR Star of Year
• 2009 CAVR Award - Siren of Year
• 2009 XRCO Award – Superslut
• 2010 AVN Award – Most Outrageous Sex Scene – Belladonna: No Warning 4
• 2010 AVN Award – Best Double Penetration Sex Scene – Bobbi Starr & Dana DeArmond's Insatiable Voyage
• 2010 XRCO Award – Superslut
• 2010 XRCO Award – Orgasmic Oralist

External links

• Podcast interview at AdultDVDTalk